Flagstaff Safe Searching Resources:

Simply click on the images below to access the resource. You will be prompted for a password. Please refer to the LMC Safe Searching Resources handout or request this information from the librarian, or your student's teacher.

Extensive information on exlorers and links to primary source documents.

Search on the name of an explorer. For example, type in Cortes & review results.

Go to Biographies --> World Explorers

Search in explorer's name and look for biography, event & topics, and primary source results.

Use the Biography Center in World Book Online to locate background information on your Explorer.




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Viking Information:

Sail the stormy seas of the North Atlantic in your own longship and retrace the voyages of discovery and settlement to find the answers. Follow the path of the Norsemen from their homelands in Scandinavia to the shores of the New World to see how recent advances in archeology, saga studies, history, environmental studies, and even human genetics are changing our understanding of the Vikings, their neighbors, and their descendants.

Index of Explorers with links to information on each.

Leif Erickson--Great Norwegians

Spanish Exploration and Conquest of Native America

List of food stuffs/provisions that explorers often took on their voyages.

Help excavate a Viking village


Play the game of 'Viking Quest from the BBC, which takes you back to AD 793. Can you build a ship, cross the seas, loot a monastery and return home to claim your prize? Your chief has set the challenge, it's up to you to respond.

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Voyages of Discovery:

The European Voyages of Exploration (15th & 16th Centuries)

The European Voyages of Exploration / The Applied History Research Group / The University of Calgary
Copyright © 1997, The Applied History Research Group

"Voyages of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons" follows in the footsteps of some of the world's greatest explorers, reliving their adventurous expeditions into the unknown. Our aim is to take the users on a journey through past centuries looking at these adventurers, the dangers they faced, where they went and their motivation for exploration. Click on name or Achievements.

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Explorer Resources:

Explorers A-Z - Explore links to specific explorers.

Explorer	Follow the Paths to Helpful Sources	Primary Sources
Christopher Columbus	Emergent Readers and Researchers PebbleGo-->Biographies-->Explorers-->World Explorers Kids InfoBits-->People-->Historical People (look for Columbus) http://mrnussbaum.com/columbus/ Advanced Readers and Researchers http://www.nmm.ac.uk/columbus (National Maritime Museum) http://www.columbusnavigation.com/ http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/080_columbus.html (Images from the Library of Congress)	http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=194
Hernando de Soto (3rd Gr. Core Knowledge)	Kids InfoBits-->Search on De Soto Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/d/desoto.shtml Biography.com http://www.biography.com/articles/Hernando-de-Soto-38469 BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cortes_hernan.shtml Advanced Readers & Researchers http://www.floridahistory.com/ http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-twoworlds/1694 http://www.floridahistory.com/soto-biography.html
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado (3rd Gr. Core Knowledge)	Kids InfoBits-->search on Coronado, Francisco Vasquez de http://mrnussbaum.com/explorers/coronado/ http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/francisco-vasquez-de-coronado.htm Advanced Researchers & Readers PBS http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/coronado.htm
Juan Ponce de Leon (3rd Gr. Core Knowledge)	PebbleGo-->Biographies-->Explorers-->World Explorers Kids InfoBits-->search on Ponce de Leon, Juan World Book Online-->search on Ponce de Leon, Juan Mr. Nussbaum http://www.mrnussbaum.com/explorers/deleon.htm Ponce de Leon
John Cabot (3rd Gr. Core Knowledge)	Kids InfoBits-->search on Cabot, John World Book Online-->search on Cabot, John Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/johncabot.html BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cabot_john.shtml ThinkQuest http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/john_cabot.htm Advanced Researcher & Reader http://www.heritage.nf.ca/exploration/cabot.html http://www.rmg.co.uk/explore/sea-and-ships/facts/explorers-and-leaders/john-and-sebastian-cabot	Primary Source Documents--letters from Cabot's expedition http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1497cabot-3docs.asp http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/john-cabot.htm
Samuel de Champlain (3rd Gr. Core Knowledge)	Kids InfoBits-->search on Champlain, de Samuel World Book Online-->search on Champlain, Samuel de Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0811298.html PBS http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/dechamplain.html Mr. Nussbaum http://mrnussbaum.com/explorers/champlain/ http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/ca/books/bkc/biographies/bk_template.jsp?name=champlains&bk=bkc&authorname=champlains&state=ca
Henry Hudson (3rd Gr. Core Knowledge)	Kids InfoBits-->search on Henry, Hudson World Book Online-->search on Hudson, Henry Hudson Advanced Researchers & Readers http://www.hudsonriver.com/hudson-river-history http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_hudson_1.html http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/hudson.html
Ferdinand Magellan	Kids InfoBits-->search on Magellan, Ferdinand World Book Online-->search on Magellan, Ferdinand Mr. Nussbaum http://www.mrnussbaum.com/explorers/magellan.htm ThinkQuest http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/magellan.htm Advanced Researchers & Readers http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1519magellan.html http://www.rmg.co.uk/magellan
Vasco Núñez de Balboa	Kids InfoBits-->search on Balboa, Vasco Nunez de World Book Online-->search on Balboa, Vasco Núñez de ThinkQuest http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/balboa.htm
Hernando Cortez Hernan Cortes	BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/cortes_hernan.shtml http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/aztec.html
Prince Henry the Navigator	Thinkquest http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/prince_henry_the_navigator.htm http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/h/henry.shtml http://mrnussbaum.com/explorers/princehenry/ Advanced Readers & Researchers http://www.mrdowling.com/610-henry.html http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/262114/Henry-the-Navigator http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/henry3.html
Bartolomeu Dias	ThinkQuest http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/english/index.php3?subject=voyages/asia/portugal/dias Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/b/balboa.shtml http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04775b.htm
Pedro Alvares Cabral	Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0809735.html Social Studies for Kids http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/pedroalvarescabral1.htm Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/c/cabral.shtml http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03128a.htm
Francisco Pizarro	FactMonster http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0839247.html ThinkQuest http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/pizarro.htm Advanced Readers & Researchers PBS http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/pizarro/pizarro_a00.html http://history.howstuffworks.com/south-american-history/francisco-pizarro.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12140a.htm
Sir Frances Drake	Kids InfoBits-->search on Drake, Francis ThinkQuest http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/sir_francis_drake.htm?tqskip=1 http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/sir_francis_drake.htm Advanced Readers & Researchers http://www2.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/SirFrancisDrake.html http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/sir-francis-drake.htm http://www.rmg.co.uk/drake
Jacques Cartier	PebbleGo-->Biographies-->Explorers-->World Explorers ThinkQuest http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/jacques_cartier.htm PBS http://www.pbs.org/empireofthebay/profiles/cartier.html Mr. Nussbaum http://mrnussbaum.com/explorers/jacques_cartier/ http://www.americaslibrary.gov/jb/colonial/jb_colonial_cartier_1.html http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/jacques-cartier.htm (Excellent list of food/provisions explorers often took with them on their voyage.) http://www.civilization.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/the-explorers/jacques-cartier-1534-1542/
Marco Polo	PebbleGo-->Biographies-->Explorers-->World Explorers BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/polo_marco.shtml
Vasco Da Gama	BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/da_gama_vasco.shtml Thinkquest http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/english/index.php3?subject=voyages/asia/portugal/dagama Advanced Readers & Researchers http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/da_gama_vasco.shtml http://www.thenagain.info/WebChron//WestEurope/DaGama.html
Eric the Red Eric Thorvaldson	Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/biography/var/ericthered.html http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0817579.html Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/e/ericthered.shtml ThinkQuest http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/english/index.php3?subject=voyages/ancients/vikings/eric
Leif Eriksson	PebbleGo-->Biographies-->Explorers-->World Explorers Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/people/A0829321.html ThinkQuest http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/english/index.php3?subject=explorers/database/show&id=5 http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/ericson.html http://www.mnc.net/norway/ericson.htm
El Pope (3rd Gr. Core Knowledge) Po'Pay Tewa Medicine Man	PBS http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/pope.htm

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European Exploration, Trade, and the Clash of Cultures (5th Grade Core Knowledge):

Beginning in the 1400s, Europeans set forth in a great wave of exploration and trade.

European Motivations

• Muslims controlled many trade routes
• Profits through trade in goods such as gold, silver, silks, sugar, and spices.
• Spread of Christianity in Europe
  • Missionaries
  • Bartolome' de las Casas speaks out against enslavement and mistreatment of native peoples.

Geography of the Spice Trade

• The Moluccas (Spice Islands) as part of present-day Indonesia
  • New World Encyclopedia
  • Brittanica
• Locate Indochina
• Locate the Malay Peninsula
• Locate the Phillippines
• Define Archipelago
• "Ring of Fire" Earthquakes and Volcanic Activity
  • National Geographic
  • Kids Fun Science

European Exploration, Trade, and Colonization

• Portugal
  • Prince Henry the Navigator explores the West African coast
  • Bartolomeu Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope
  • Vasco de Gama's spice trade with India and exploration of the East Africa
  • Portuguese conquest of East African Swahili city-states
  • Pedro Cabral's claiming of Brazil
• Spain
  • Two worlds meet: Christopher Columbus and the Tainos
  • Treaty of Tordesillas between Portugal and Spain
    • Social Studies for Kids
    • National Geographic
    • Encyclopedia Britannica
  • Magellan crosses the Pacific
  • Vasco Nunez de Balboa reaches the Pacific
• England and France
  • Search for the Northwest Passage
  • Colonies in North America and the West Indies
    • New World Encyclopedia
    • History Channel
    • BBC
  • Trading posts in India
    • Greeting India
    • Thought Company
• Holland (The Netherlands)
  • Kids Past
  • Encyclopedia
  • US History

The Sugar Trade

• African slaves on Portuguese sugar plantations on islands off West African coast, such as Sao Tome
  • World History
  • Black Past
• Sugar Plantations on Caribbean Islands
  • Gettysburg
  • National Archives
• West Indies (Cuba, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Jamaica)
  • BBC
  • UK National Archives
  • Gettysburg
  • Map

Transatlantic Slave Trade: The "Triangular Trade" from Europe to Africa to the Colonies in the Caribbean and the Americas

• The Triangular Trade
  • Social Studies for Kids
  • BBC
  • Land of the Brave
• The "Slave Coast" in West Africa
  • Brittanica
  • PBS
• The Middle Passage
  • Brittanica
  • PBS
  • Kiddle
  • Soft Schools